Chapter 291 - A Small Invitation (1/2)

Chapter 291: A Small Invitation

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Matt revealed a shocked expression upon hearing Rhode’s words He widened his eyes dubiously and stared at the black-haired young ure out his true intentions However, Matt gave up because he couldn’t get a read from Rhode’s expressionless face

“What business?”

Matt couldn’t hold in his curiosity anyh he wasn’t heavily in debt, he wasn’t far fro bankrupt either Even if his business transaction ell in Golden City, it wouldn’t change Silver Libra’s state If it were anyone else suggesting this, Matt ht consider it as a trap But since it came from Rhode, he felt much ht, you should also knoe’re heading to Golden City”

“That’s for sure, Mr Rhode”

Matt showed his huge thuuys I didn’t expect Mr Rhode to be so capable as to roup that was about to be disbanded the hottest topic in Paphield To be frank, I admire you a lot, Mr Rhode If I could be half as capable as you, our Trade association wouldn’t be in this terrible state…”

“Since you’re aware, it lanced at everyone and said

“I guess Mr Matt uild, on’t be able to sustain our operations based on our current situation A guild requires a certain extent of assistance, but I don’t have any good candidates in Paphield I have been troubling over this matter… Mr Matt, are you interested in this?”

“This…”

Matt was astonished

“Regarding this, I…”

“Of course, I won’t let you do it for free because I understand the current state of your Trade association After all, you have already explained to ht will gift a batch of ical potions to you every ical potions?!”

Matt jus He stared with eyes so wide that they were about to pop off

He couldn’t be blaical potions were ical potions were common But now, after hundred years of battles, ical potions had vanished and ed to the Alchemist association Most people wouldn’t be able to have theet their hands on theical potions were as good as legends, and even the cheapest e to obtain the ical potions and because of that, the prices had never fallen Materials required to ical potions were rare, but the recipes themselves were also hard to obtain, not toalchemist skills Further control over the recipes and not anyone could create anything out of theh Lapis had the techniques of an Alchemist Apprentice previously, she was not valued by the Mark White Mercenary Group If it weren’t for Rhode, who retrieved the records froame where the potion recipes were modified by players, it would take three to five years to create a bottle of potion based on Lapis’ ability

Matt knew that Rhode had ical potions on hand After all, there were so ht Mercenary Group and everyone was seen with a few bottles Anyone who saw them were envious and jealous Back then, Matt didn’t think much of the a few bottles of ical potions wasn’t impossible It was just rather wasteful to use thes weren’t as siive hiical potions every h channels to obtain theh consideration about thishiical potions, Matt would definitely be able to recoup his losses within half a years’ tiht now, he had no choice but to consider

“To be honest, Mr Rhode This request of yours has given e surprise…”

Matt carefully spoke in fear of offending the young man

“But… Please pardon my rudeness Why me? Mr Rhode, I appreciate the offer but, to be honest, I al your words But… Please pardon htforward Just as you’ve said, I understand the relationshi+p between guilds and trade associations But, although the Silver Libra Trade association is indeed influential in Paphield, we aren’t that powerful yet In fact, I feel… We can’t bear such heavy responsibility”

What Matt said was the truth Guilds and the trade associations supporting them from behind the scenes were traceable to the saest guilds had deeply rooted forces and networks Moreover, their benefits were closely entangled with the forces behind the scenes Co within the gigantic tree That hy Matt felt treh a local chain store was venturing internationally against the big names, where success was minimal

Rhode wasn’t surprised by Matt’s response Instead, he nodded inwardly

Although this fat merchant didn’t seem reliable, he was a person who understood his own situation Rhode knew that if he laid the same offer to other merchants, they would’ve immediately accepted without hesitations After all, no e sum of remunerations However, Matt was able to return to his senses from the surprise, which showed how objective and rational he was

But it was also due to this that it further strengthened Rhode’s will to collaborate with him Only one asn’t blinded by re his ally As for those who could give up their principles for the sake of remunerations, even if he could provide support for the sake of remunerations, he would also betray you for the same reason Rhode definitely didn’t need such a person by his side Matt knew his own place and was the most ideal partner

Matt said that he didn’t have the foundation and wasn’t suitable to be Rhode’s partner, but he didn’t know that that hy Rhode chose him

Guilds that solely relied on behind-the-scenes forces for income and political assistance to survive would eventually lose their ability to live independently The gigantic tree that they were froradually transform into vines that crawled toward other tree branches This was the reason why trade associations supported the guilds; they hoped for powers to protect their own benefits In short, the guilds were like their own private arht to head down this path Indeed, there were more powerful supporters than Matt, such as the Keller Family and Klautz, who had hinted to Rhode in this aspect However, Rhode didn’t agree as he didn’t want to beco orders fro financially independent was essential

However, it was a difficult task for guilds to survive financially on their own because they didn’t have a stable income and it was rather risky Further position, most would choose to take in more members, which in turn led to financially heavy situations Due to this reason, the roups could either rely on their local political forces to hten the burden in this aspect or they rely on trade associations to recruit more members with their financial resources